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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter discuss with Miss Hillyard?

2. Who asks where Annie is on the night of the attack?

3. When Peter returns from York, whom does he tell Harriet he was looking for?

4. Who says that she is submitting her resignation and that she is not the cause of the problems at the college?

5. After leaving the science lab, what does Peter say to Harriet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drives Miss Newland to madness?

2. Why is Harriet surprised to see Peter in Oxford?

3. Is Miss Hillyard responsible for smashing Harriet's chess set?

4. Why does Harriet not return to Shrewsbury as soon as the Warden's maid calls her?

5. How do Harriet and Peter spend the afternoon of his first day in Oxford?

6. What causes Peter and Harriet to disagree in Chapter 18?

7. Why does Miss de Vine have a heart attack?

8. What does Peter tell Harriet that he values about her, and why does this surprise her?

9. What is Miss Edwards's opinion after Harriet tells her about the prank call?

10. What do the women discuss with Peter over coffee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lord Saint-George proves more than an amusing character. Discuss his role in both the relationship between Harriet and Peter and the solving of the mystery.

Essay Topic 2

At one point, Peter dines with the faculty members. Answer the following questions about this event.

1) What are two topics discussed during the evening, and what are the opinions given concerning those topics?

2) How does Peter use information he gathers from this evening to solve the mystery?

Essay Topic 3

An element of detective fiction is that the author leaves obscure clues as to who is responsible. Find four of these clues from Gaudy Night and explain how they point to Annie as the culprit.

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